This is pretty long as is, so I'm going to leave out all the things I
agree with.
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 01:48:20PM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> Chip writes:
> > * optional parameter interface: ":opt_count" -> ":opt_flag"
> > So ":opt_count" should be replaced with ":opt_flag", which set
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 10:04:16AM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
> * Expands the header to be 32 bytes in size.
OK
> * The magic number is no longer an opcode outside the header. It is
> now an 8 byte magic string at the the beginning of the header.
I should think four would do, but no m
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 12:24:52PM -0700, Chip Salzenberg via RT wrote:
> I think the right answer is to use a magic string rather than a
> magic number.
Leo and I been discussing this on #parrot and we've come to the same
conclusion. Attached is a possible patch for parrotbyte.pod that
implement
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 12:07:48PM -0400, Matt Fowles wrote:
>
> > Mark Biggar writes:
> > > d) use a magic number that can also be used as the byte order indicator.
>
> I have seen architectures that swap byte ordering for 8 byte things
> (like doubles) but not 4 byte things. So that gives 3 op
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email thread discussing the issue:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.internals/30
Does anyone has access to an IRIX machine?
-J
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 07:37:44PM +0300, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>
> >
> > Jarkko,
> >
> > Are there still outstanding issues on IRIX? AFAIK nobody else has been
> > building parrot on that platform.
>
> Unfortunately I no more have access t
